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GOL Survey Results: May

By Segata Sanshiro,
The results for the May survey are now available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. Many thanks to the 1508 people who took the time to complete this survey!

Co-Op Puzzle Platformer 'Wyv and Keep' Re-Ported To Linux, Now On Humble And Steam

By flesk,
Wyv and Keep: The Temple of the Lost Idol now ships with FNA, and is for the first time available for Linux on Humble and Steam.

Assembly Language Puzzle Game 'TIS-100' In Early Access On Steam

By flesk,
SpaceChem developer Zachtronics is out with a new game where you're tasked with fixing corrupt code to uncover the secrets of the mysterious TIS-100 hardware unit.

GOL Cast: Running And Gunning In A Sandstorm In Spec Ops: The Line

By Samsai,
It seems that Virtual Programming has been rather busy with their porting efforts. What is even more surprising is the quality of these recent eON ports. Spec Ops: The Line is one of them.

An Update On The Open Source Project 'Xoreos' Concerning Sonic Chronicles

By DrMcCoy,
xoreos is a FLOSS project aiming to reimplement BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives), covering their games starting with Neverwinter Nights and potentially up to Dragon Age II. This post gives a short update on the current progress.

GOG DRM Free Summer Sale Is Now On

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like GOG are getting in quick before the Steam summer sales start, and they have discounted plenty of great games.

Steam Hardware Available For Pre-order & Early Delivery

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has made some of the Steam Universe hardware available for pre-order and you can even get them early. This includes the Steam Controller and Steam Link.

Desura owner Bad JuJu Games files for bankruptcy

By Hamish,
More bad news has emerged surrounding Desura, with its parent company Bad JuJu Games filing for bankruptcy only two weeks after it emerged that they were behind in paying developers and only seven months after it was announced that they had acquired Desura from Linden Lab.

Brian Fargo Crowdfunds For Classic RPG Series Sequel "The Bard's Tale"

By scaine,
Wasteland 2 developers InXile Entertainment are back on Kickstarter for a third time and this time it's for a (proper) sequel to the classic 1980's RPG series, "The Bard's Tale".

Friday Livestream Will Be On The Air At 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Hello there! We've once again reached a very important part of our lives, namely Friday. We do this every week but it's still worth reminding ourselves from time to time. In any case, we'll be going live once again to bring you Linux gaming goodness and a little bit more.

Don't Starve Together Now Available To All Who Own Don't Starve

By Liam Dawe,
If you own Don't Starve you will now have access to Don't Starve Together, the standalone multiplayer version!

Precision Action Platformer 'They Bleed Pixels' Officially Released For Linux

By flesk,
The popular Lovecraftian action platformer has been released for Linux with a massive content update, including two new bonus levels and a new "gamepad preserving" novice mode.

A Quick Look At Skyhook, A Competitive Multiplayer Plaftormer In Early Access

By BTRE,
Skyhook is a competitive platformer featuring pixelated pirates and sharks as playable characters. The game recently launched on Steam's Early Access and I took a quick look at it.

The Steam Hardware Survey For May Is Here, It’s Not All Doom & Gloom

By Liam Dawe,
Remember folks, it doesn't matter if the overall Linux percentage drops right now. There's a lot of room for errors, we have tons of games to come, and Linux is still awesome.

Exploration Platformer 'Super Win The Game' Gets New Content And A New Low Price

By flesk,
The game has received a massive permanent price cut and a new speedrun mode, and is now also available on Itch.io.

Induction Is An Upcoming Time Travel And Paradox Puzzler That Will Strain Your Brain

By flesk,
The abstract puzzler is an attempt to make sense of paradoxical time loops through a simplified model of time travel, and was inspired by an argument over the plot of action classic The Terminator.

More Details On XCOM 2 Emerge, With Linux Support

By Liam Dawe,
XCOM 2 is going to be awesome, that’s pretty much a given. The annoying thing is we have to play catch up to IGN’s obviously paid for exclusivity here. IGN will be stretching it out as long as possible of course.

Valve Finally Have A Proper Refund Policy For Steam

By Liam Dawe,
About damn time. Valve have a history of really poor support, especially when it comes to refunds, so this is very welcome.

Sword Coast Legends, A Dungeons & Dragons RPG Announced For Linux, Day-1 Linux Release

By Liam Dawe,
A new high quality RPG title 'Sword Coast Legends' is now confirmed to be coming to Linux, and it's going to be a day-1 release for us.

Unity Working On A New Unified OpenGL Rendering System

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for those of us annoyed by the poor OpenGL performance of games built with Unity, as the Unity engine will have a unified OpenGL rendering system.